A Study on The Driver’s Fear While Passing Between Pedestrian and Vehicle at Residential Street - Using VR Simulation -

Abstract

According to the road vision published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “residential roads where pedestrians and cars coexist with safety and comfort are ensured” were cited as ideal roads aimed for in 2040. Additionally, since the development and research of self-driving cars has been actively conducted, the situation of pedestrian and self-driving car pass by each other is considered to increase in the future. For the spread of self-driving car, it is important for drivers to be able to ride without feeling fear in such situations. Therefore, this study focused on the situation where pedestrians and cars pass by each other, and investigated what kind of behavior of the car gives the driver a sense of fear. In consequence, it quantitatively reveals what velocity and distance between pedestrian and car effect the driver feels fear. Furthermore, among the deceleration behaviors, we focused on the degree of deceleration and the final speed, and clarified their effect on the sense of fear.